\paperw2700 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 \b \cf15 \ATXht10811 Heracles\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 had been ordered by \b \cf15 \ATXht10520 Eurystheus\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 to free the valley
of \b \cf15 \ATXht11404 Nemea\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 from a monstrous lion, the offspring of \b \cf15 \ATXht12021 Typhon\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 and \b \cf15 \ATXht10500 Echidna\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 . After trying in vain to bring it down with his club and arrows, the he
ro managed to overcome the beast by strangling it with his bare hands. He then took the carcass on his back and returned to \b \cf15 \ATXht12013 Tiryns\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 . According to one tradition, the lion skin that is one of Heracles' constant attribut